Wed, Dec 31, 2025·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise
Nashville Predators 4, Vegas Golden Knights 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 52% of the time.
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VGK winsNSH wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
VGK forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against NSH's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Stamkos–O'Reilly–Forsberg | Haula–Bunting–Evangelista | McCarron–Smith–Schaefer | Jost–Svechkov–Wood | O'Reilly–Smith–Schaefer | Skjei–Wilsby | Hague–Blankenburg | Josi–Perbix | Hague–Wilsby | Skjei–Hague | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone–Barbashev–Marner | 1:420.00–0.04 | 0:390.00–0.18 | 2:540.16–0.07 | 0:430.03–0.21 | 2:050.00–0.25 | 2:280.13–0.24 | 0:590.03–0.00 | |||
| Smith–Howden–Bowman | 2:130.00–0.14 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 1:100.00–0.16 | 2:490.00–0.03 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 1:510.19–0.27 | ||||
| Saad–Sissons–Kolesar | 1:500.12–0.12 | 2:090.01–0.00 | 0:500.09–0.06 | 1:560.01–0.06 | 1:270.12–0.00 | 0:530.09–0.00 | ||||
| Hertl–Dorofeyev–Holtz | 1:110.00–0.07 | 1:230.00–0.01 | 1:000.17–0.00 | 1:210.00–0.00 | 1:070.17–0.00 | 1:060.00–0.01 | ||||
| Saad–Howden–Bowman | 1:090.00–0.08 | 1:190.00–0.09 | 0:380.00–0.00 | 2:020.46–0.08 | 0:410.00–0.09 | |||||
| Hertl–Barbashev–Dorofeyev | 1:220.00–0.00 | 1:350.17–0.00 | 2:320.15–0.00 | 0:430.03–0.03 | ||||||
| Smith–Stone–Marner | 1:300.00–0.03 | 0:380.00–0.04 | 0:400.25–0.00 | 1:060.00–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.00 | 1:350.30–0.25 | ||||
| Sissons–Kolesar–Holtz | 1:200.00–0.00 | 1:430.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Saad–Marner–Dorofeyev | 0:590.00–0.08 | |||||||||
| Hutton–Hanifin | 2:530.01–0.06 | 1:460.00–0.04 | 1:470.18–0.00 | 2:370.01–0.03 | 1:510.00–0.00 | 2:380.18–0.06 | ||||
| McNabb–Korczak | 3:030.00–0.30 | 1:370.00–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.00 | 0:530.08–0.06 | 2:150.00–0.11 | 0:580.00–0.00 | 2:520.26–0.14 | |||
| Lauzon–Whitecloud | 0:410.12–0.00 | 2:190.00–0.37 | 1:330.11–0.20 | 0:470.00–0.21 | 1:090.00–0.21 | 3:290.23–0.32 | 1:250.00–0.17 | |||
| Hanifin–Korczak | 1:450.15–0.00 | 0:510.01–0.00 | 1:300.03–0.00 | 1:510.15–0.00 | 1:550.01–0.00 | 1:120.06–0.00 | ||||
| Hanifin–Whitecloud | 2:360.00–0.03 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 0:300.15–0.00 | 1:430.15–0.00 | 1:260.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.03 | 0:390.00–0.00 | |||
| Hutton–Lauzon | 0:310.00–0.00 | 1:060.07–0.00 | 1:350.00–0.08 | 0:300.02–0.00 | 0:320.04–0.00 | |||||
| Hutton–Whitecloud | 0:390.02–0.03 | 1:060.05–0.20 | 0:490.00–0.09 | 1:210.05–0.27 | 0:450.00–0.01 | |||||
| Lauzon–Korczak | 0:330.06–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 1:040.06–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.00 | |||||
| Hanifin–Lauzon | 0:490.00–0.00 | 0:380.22–0.00 | ||||||||
| Hutton–Korczak | 0:490.46–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
VGKNSHFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Noah HanifinVGK | 25 | 29:59 | 1:12 | 2:53 | 4 | 5 |
 Brady SkjeiNSH | 30 | 24:08 | 0:48 | 2:17 | 0 | 7 |
 Mitch MarnerVGK | 24 | 23:39 | 0:59 | 3:15 | 7 | 2 |
 Ryan O'ReillyNSH | 26 | 23:13 | 0:54 | 2:10 | 6 | 4 |
 Mark StoneVGK | 24 | 21:33 | 0:54 | 2:24 | 8 | 1 |
 Roman JosiNSH | 27 | 20:31 | 0:46 | 1:42 | 7 | 2 |
 Kaedan KorczakVGK | 26 | 20:13 | 0:47 | 1:57 | 2 | 6 |
 Filip ForsbergNSH | 23 | 19:56 | 0:52 | 1:26 | 7 | 4 |
 Nick PerbixNSH | 24 | 19:45 | 0:49 | 2:22 | 3 | 4 |
 Zach WhitecloudVGK | 27 | 19:32 | 0:43 | 1:31 | 6 | 3 |
 Steven StamkosNSH | 23 | 19:32 | 0:51 | 1:31 | 7 | 4 |
 Tomas HertlVGK | 20 | 19:03 | 0:57 | 2:49 | 6 | 4 |
 Pavel DorofeyevVGK | 20 | 18:36 | 0:56 | 2:28 | 6 | 2 |
 Nick BlankenburgNSH | 27 | 18:17 | 0:41 | 1:18 | 2 | 3 |
 Erik HaulaNSH | 27 | 18:16 | 0:41 | 1:19 | 2 | 5 |
 Nicolas HagueNSH | 24 | 17:34 | 0:44 | 1:15 | 0 | 4 |
 Luke EvangelistaNSH | 19 | 17:19 | 0:55 | 1:56 | 5 | 1 |
 Jeremy LauzonVGK | 26 | 17:02 | 0:39 | 1:37 | 1 | 3 |
 Adam WilsbyNSH | 25 | 17:00 | 0:41 | 1:19 | 0 | 2 |
 Ben HuttonVGK | 25 | 16:19 | 0:39 | 1:39 | 4 | 2 |
 Ivan BarbashevVGK | 23 | 16:05 | 0:42 | 1:41 | 7 | 1 |
 Cole SmithNSH | 26 | 15:51 | 0:37 | 1:08 | 1 | 6 |
 Brandon SaadVGK | 17 | 14:46 | 0:52 | 2:28 | 0 | 6 |
 Reilly SmithVGK | 20 | 14:34 | 0:44 | 1:46 | 4 | 1 |
 Michael BuntingNSH | 20 | 14:21 | 0:43 | 1:11 | 2 | 1 |
 Brett HowdenVGK | 21 | 14:16 | 0:41 | 1:16 | 1 | 2 |
 Michael McCarronNSH | 21 | 12:44 | 0:36 | 1:11 | 0 | 4 |
 Braeden BowmanVGK | 17 | 12:36 | 0:44 | 1:17 | 2 | 2 |
 Colton SissonsVGK | 20 | 12:21 | 0:37 | 1:04 | 3 | 7 |
 Reid SchaeferNSH | 18 | 10:33 | 0:35 | 0:58 | 1 | 2 |
 Brayden McNabbVGK | 14 | 10:24 | 0:45 | 1:12 | 0 | 6 |
 Alexander HoltzVGK | 15 | 9:45 | 0:39 | 1:16 | 2 | 2 |
 Matthew WoodNSH | 12 | 9:22 | 0:47 | 1:02 | 2 | 0 |
 Tyson JostNSH | 11 | 9:03 | 0:49 | 1:26 | 2 | 0 |
 Fedor SvechkovNSH | 11 | 8:24 | 0:46 | 1:06 | 2 | 0 |
 Keegan KolesarVGK | 11 | 7:30 | 0:41 | 1:08 | 0 | 3 |